"Do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life; what we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth."

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Azar Nafisi

#Real Quotes #Trying Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“You can't worship the image or the Crucifix itself. You have to worship God.”

Source : "This Film Could Change How the Right Wing Feels About Guns". Interview with Edwin Rios, www.motherjones.com. October 31, 2015.
“Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.”

Source : Arthur Conan Doyle (2012). “The Sherlock Holmes Archives (incl. The Truth About Sherlock Holmes)”, p.654, Jazzybee Verlag
“Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, the state's first instinct is that of self-preservati on. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its own life, and, second, towards increasing its own power and enlarging the scope of its own activity. For the sake of this it will, and regularly does, commit any crime which circumstances make expedient.”

Source : "The Criminality of the State". "The American Mercury" Magazine, March 1939.
“Now, it is clear to the nation that there is an access-to-abortion crisis. We're going to win this case, and as a movement, we're going to go forward to make sure that there is equity in access.”
“Dear young people, let me now ask you a question. What will you leave to the next generation? Are you building your lives on firm foundations, building something that will endure?”
“Good Day. We are privileged to live another day in this magnificent world. Today you will be tested.”
“Ideas and thoughts collide and sort themselves out in these fruitful collisions.”

Source : Frederick Sommer (1984). “Sommer: Words”
“I worry unnecessarily.”

Source : "Q&A Natalie Imbruglia". Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. April 16, 2005.

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